Resources
Grey Nuns Community Hospital Legacy Story (PDF)
Facility Overview
Contact Information
Grey Nuns Community Hospital
1100 Youville Drive West (3015 62 Street NW)
Edmonton AB T6L 5X8
Phone: 780.735.7000
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital provides a full range of health services to a diverse and growing urban community in southeast Edmonton, following a deep-rooted tradition of healing the body, enriching the mind and nurturing the soul.
Programs & services
24-Hour Emergency
Ambulatory Care
Day Surgery
Family Medicine Centre
Geriatric Services
Medicine
Social Work
Spiritual Care
Stroke Services
Therapeutic Services
Vascular Services
Patient & visitor information
Request health information or health records
Update to Designated Family/Support Person and Visitor Access
Covenant Health acknowledges the social nature of care and the role of family as an integral dimension of the patient and resident experience. Therefore, at Covenant Health there is a presumption in favour of family presence as the standard of care.
Exceptions are necessary when patient, resident and staff safety, quality, privacy and other factors determine limitations.
Refer to the Designated Family/Support Person and Visitor Policy for more information about access and visitation.
Protective services/lost & found
Phone: 780.735.7140
Protective Services is on duty 24 hours a day for the safety of all staff, patients and visitors.
If you have lost or found any item, please ask the staff on your unit or contact Protective Services.
Parking
Parking is open 24/7 on the south side of the Grey Nuns hospital.
Parking rates
You can pay with coins or a card using the meters in the lot and in front of the hospital. Or use our digital parking tool to buy a weekly or monthly parking pass, apply for compassionate parking or pay for a ticket.
30 minutes |
$2.25 |
Hourly |
$4.50 |
Day pass |
$14.25 |
Week pass |
$40.00 |
Month pass |
$71.00 |
Parking office
Room 1106 (main floor next to the chapel)
Monday-Friday (except holidays)
7 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Phone: 780.735.7051
2021/22 Overview
Staff 3,278
Volunteers 92
Outpatient visits 166,433
Emergency visits 65,104
Deliveries 5,758
Acute care beds 363
Our stories
Supporting a grieving loved one
Transforming care through innovation
Planning for the unexpected
Sticks and stones for spiritual health
Sharing your story helps your spiritual health
Final wish to wed fulfilled
Dog therapy returns to Grey Nuns hospital
A touch of home at new workplace
Understanding the toll of COVID-19
Wedding surprise on the NICU
Giving time to grieve
Addiction and mental health supports for South Asian community
Volunteers make textured sleeves to comfort patients with dementia
Grateful mom gives back
Lifting spirits
Group therapy goes online
Mom's post-partum life-saving surgery
Nurses inspire a single mom to fulfill a dream
Grey Nuns trials new study to treat severe depression
COVID-19 or the flu?
Remembering a legacy of work by two Sisters
Baby Stella fulfills couple's dream
Meeting the challenges of COVID
Busting myths about aging
Welcoming volunteers back to hospitals
How the pandemic is affecting our sleep
Pay attention to how you eat
Helping Brad go home
Busting breastfeeding myths
Name tags help staff connect with patients
Remembering a palliative care pioneer
Teen 3D printing project helps healthcare workers
Spiritual care in a pandemic
Coping with moral distress
Coping with stress during COVID-19
Volunteers find new ways to give
Staying connected during COVID-19
Online Easter service
Busting nutrition myths
Using mindfulness to deal with difficult emotions
Pilot provides free meal delivery to patients recovering at home
Using self-awareness and connections to practice self-care
Managing diabetes during the holidays
Look after your mental health at Christmas
Sharing a moment of gratitude
New approach to opioids goes provincewide
Foster children find a safe space at Grey Nuns Hospital
Who's caring for the caregiver?
Angel Cradle provides a safe haven for infants in need
Patients with diabetes face higher risk of flu complications
Music is therapy for palliative patients and families
Being grateful benefits long-term residents
What is palliative care?
New toolkit helps transform seniors' care
How to prevent burnout
The gift of literacy in the NICU
Teddies ease anxiety for dementia patients
Knitting with love
Chair yoga has many benefits
Patients benefit from library staff visits
What you eat can affect your mental health
Physician peer support group to launch at Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Indigenous people are at much higher risk for diabetes
Donations to milk bank help babies in the NICU
When yoga became her saving grace
What Canada's new food guide means for seniors
Being vegetarian is more than eating your greens
Rotary House keeps patients and loved ones close
Yoga for grief support
Osteoporosis is a man's illness too
New 'recipe' helps patients stay out of emergency
The struggle to butt out
Spreading kindness around the world
Knitted squares help families bond with NICU newborns
Mural celebrates hospital's roots in the community
Driving safely with diabetes
The tiniest superhero
Too few women know the facts about menopause
Two new advanced hybrid operating rooms open at Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Grey Nuns bridges gap for people with opioid addictions
Edmonton nurse's kindness lives on
Grey Nuns staff celebrate patient’s miracle baby
Peer support for NICU parents
Keeping moms and newborns together
Volunteers create a home-like setting for afternoon tea
NICU treasure beads mark milestones for tiny patients
Living life on her own terms
Stand by Cyril: Grey Nuns peace officer advocates for the most vulnerable in our community
Four-legged care team
Respecting wishes leads to a peaceful end
Crocheted comfort in the NICU
Grey Nuns receives ‘Baby-Friendly’ designation
Taking the pain out of dental work
Healing hospitality
The healing power of art
Breaking the cycle of trauma
Missing patient training
Language interpreters
On a mission of health, hope and healing
Alberta hospitals lead world in treatment time for stroke stroke patients
Window goes from illuminating parishioners to welcoming patients
Eight ways to stay on your feet this winter
Fourteen ways to keep your brain healthy
Volunteer knitters provide comfort to kids in hospital
Moral dilemma
My community cares
Walk With Me program takes another step forward
Skin to skin
Matters of life and death
Passion for people
Alzheimer’s Journey
Fling the sling after rotator cuff surgery
Whole-hearted care saves patient’s feet and quality of life
Groundbreaking care delivers healthy baby girl
What you need to know about diabetes
Diabetes: Over 50 years of struggles and triumphs
Treating severe depression with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Beating severe depression with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Helping premature babies get home sooner
Who are the surgeons who restore your body’s blood flow?
Life-saving vascular surgery with compassion
Heart patient’s ordeal eased by great care
Fort McMurray moms and new babies welcomed with open arms
Deck the halls at Grey Nuns Hospital NICU
Q&A: Should I get the flu shot?
Putting power in patients’ hands
Our founders
The Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) of Alberta were the Catholic founders of the Edmonton General Hospital in 1895 and still operated the General in the 1980s through a board of directors and management team. In 1988, the Edmonton General Hospital’s acute care services were transferred to the newly opened Grey Nuns Community Hospital.
The Sisters were very involved in ensuring that the new public health facility would carry their tradition of caring for the most vulnerable. They were instrumental in including palliative care, mental health programs and care for mothers and their babies. Operation of the Grey Nuns has now transitioned to Covenant Health, and, proudly, all three of these areas remain a focus.
Today, the Grey Nuns Community Hospital provides a full range of services including a 24-hour emergency department, general and vascular surgery, intensive and cardiac care, children's health, women's health, diagnostics and mental health. The tertiary palliative care unit is world-renowned for its delivery of care and teaching practices.